News tagged with human skeletons

New study finds earliest evidence yet of differential access to land

Hereditary inequality began over 7,000 years ago in the early Neolithic era, with new evidence showing that farmers buried with tools had access to better land than those buried without.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Mystery human fossils put spotlight on China

Fossils from two caves in south-west China have revealed a previously unknown Stone Age people and give a rare glimpse of a recent stage of human evolution with startling implications for the early peopling ...

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created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Face-to-face with an ancient human

A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway's best-preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived outside Stavanger 7,500 years ago.

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created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New technique yields troves of information from nanoscale bone samples

A new technique developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute allows researchers to collect large amounts of biochemical information from nanoscale bone samples.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ancient sewer excavation sheds light on the Roman diet

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists working in a system of connected sewers and drains under the ancient town of Herculaneum in the Bay of Naples area of Italy have analyzed the human excrement found there and ...

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created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Out Of The Woods For 'Ardi': Scientists Rip Habitat Claim for 'Breakthrough of the Year'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ardipithecus ramidus - a purported human ancestor that was dubbed Science magazine's 2009 "Breakthrough of the Year" - is coming under fire from scientists who say there is scant evidence for he ...

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created May 27, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New species of early hominid found

(PhysOrg.com) -- A previously unknown species of hominid that lived in what is now South Africa around two million years ago has been found in the form of a fossilized skeleton of a child and several bones ...

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created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

47-million-year-old fossil could shed light on primate family tree

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 47-million-year-old primate fossil, a purported "missing link" between primates and humans, was unveiled this week in New York. The fossil, formally called Darwinius masillae but nicknamed ...

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2